Hair-curler.



N. L. OZMUN.

HAIR GURLEB.

` APPLIUATION FILED IEB.17, 1913.

Patented June 10, 1913.

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To all whom t may .concern .i

nNrrEn srArES, PATE-Nr ,oEEicE' NANCY L. ozmUN, or CLEVELAND, omo.

Haifa-enana.

Be it known that I, NANCY L.UZMUN,Ha citizen of theI United States, residing at `Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hair-Curlers, of which the following is a specilication, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the) best Inode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distingulsh My invention has reference, as the title implies, to an improved hair curling appliance. i

--The various hair curlers heretofore marketed have each presented, along with distinct features, (patented or otherwise) each its own disadvantages outweighing in relative importance' any advantages attained byone or morelof such features. In consequence, no sing/le curler has drawn to .itself a major share of commerciabfavor. I should here add that I am thoroughly familiar among' others with the Letters Patent numbered wearer by-reason of combining the qualit-ies i of softness, lightness, flexibility, yielding-i ness and'elasticity, and besides be simple,

durable andeconomical of manufacture.

The inventive conception is embodied in means which are hereinafter explained and variously combined in the claims, while the annexed drawing and particular description thereof together set forth 'in detail several certain means constituting my invention, the disclosed means however,being but some of various mechanical vforms in which the principle of my invention may be applied. Y

Figure I is a normal plan of a hair curler embodying the preferred form of my invention. Fig. II is a side elevation 'of Fig. I.

Fig. III 1s a perspective viewllooking in the specification or Letters raient. i Patented June 10, 1913, I llljpplication led February 17,19l13. Serial No. 748,779.

direction of the arrow represented in Fig.

\ core portionJand `a Hap portion and they are consistently designated respectively. bv the reference characters A and B. L

The core portion A is intended to exercise its .function while inclosed by a lock of hair whlch has been manually coiled about it. This portion A is preferably tubular in formation, as indicated by the opening a', of circular cross-section and .is closed at its free extremity. Here it isfashioned as a knob `v`a which constitutes one of two complementary parts .of a well-known fastening arrangement. The thickness of the rubber r of the porti-on A should not be great, say one thirty-second `(2,15) of an inch in order to satisfy the requirements earlier put, namely softness, lightness, flexibility, yieldingness 'and elasticity.

The'flap portion B in the exempliication shown appears somewhat longer than the portion A. It is a continuation of a smaller portion of the lateral or peripheral surface of the portion A, such that it is necessarily and purposely a concavconvex surface orof arcuate oross-section Near the extremity of the pontion B apair yof eyelets b are provided. These- .are intended forthe reception singly of the knob a as will be presently manifest. After a specific refractory lock of haii` has been grasped and wound around the core portion A, the flap portion is in turn wound around the hair in the reversedirection as clearly shown in Fig. IV. Thereafter the two extremities are fastened by pressing the .knob a through one or the vother of the openings ba. Mention should be made of the fact that a better bite upon any -portion of thelock of hair is obtained by a flap having itsl inner or under side concave than would be the case if the flap proper were Hat. A somewhat similarly deslrable and eliicacious binding effect upon the hair against the core may be obtained by stretching the flap pre paratory to winding by which a constricting force is exerted tending topartially collapse 4thecore A and thus-the more vsurely preclude sired curlingetlect in a more eiiicacious manner as will be readily understood. Fur*- thermore, the smooth surface which my curler presents throughout assists toward an easy manipulation, and precludes likelihood of disrupting the finished curl dueto entangling while it is being unfastened. The

Y hollowness of the elastic core portion in the meantime insures ynot only the qualities of lightness and yieldingness, but, flexibility and even collapsibility to an extent which readily permits the whole to adapt itself readily and without pressure to the various contours presented by different parts of the head to which it is secured. My curler itself is also, by reason of the elasticity of its core portion, less apt to hunch or lump together and the lineal extent of the particular lock of hair may in consequence be substantially maintained as an advancing spiral and not permitted to slip upon the core portion. These become dominant factors of merit as regards comfort when the wearer prefers to have the curlers attached, durin sleep or at any other time While the head 1s reclined in such a position that pressure is applied against the curler.

The modification to which Fig. V gives emphasis, resides in having a more or less liattened hollow core portion A and really4 flat flap portion B. The modiiied form seen in Fig. VI merely alters the type of complementary fastening contrivance upon respective ends of the curler, to the common type of glove snap. These metal elements a3 and b2 may be attached in any feasible manner, being su gested as alternative because of possible in ividual preference there-for.

n My invention being thus described with suiiicient thoroughness, Whatl desireto se-5 ble core portion and a thin elongated flap portion forming a continuation of one surf face of said core portion at one end thereof, the free extremities of said portions being provided with complementary fastening contrivances.

2. A hair curler formed of a single piece of rubber and comprising a tubular core portion having one extremity closed, and a Hap consisting of a thin strip of arcuate crosssectionextending from the opposite end of the tube and adapted to be Wound about the same.

3. A hair curler comprising a hollow core member, said core member being flexible, and an elastic flap member of arcuate crosssection and forming a continuation of said core member, and means for fastening ex- Y tube, one end of said tube being closed. to Vform a knob; and-an elastic-hap extending from the open end of said tube and adapted to be Wound around the same, said flap being of arcuate cross-section throughout its entire length, the free extremity of said flap being provided with a plurality of eyelets adapted to coperate With said knob.

Signed by me, this twelfth day of Feb.-

ruary, 1913.

. NANCY L. OZMUN.

L. D.ROTHMAN, LYNN E, MUELLER. 

